cards that dont exist but are in the bible

[doug.goodman]

One down...

[ALR-bishop]

Good one Doug

[sflayank]

thats a good one thanks
i thought i saw one years ago on ebay and forgot about it
now i have to find one to finish the set
would you want to sell this one?

[doug.goodman]

Not for sale, because I'm working on the set, too.

Doug

[Rich Klein]

For keeping a card that "does not exist" in a printed tome.

is that if you suspect someone is "stealing" your data; having a false entry in your book or data base can be proved in a court of law. For years it was believe Who's Who in America always printed a few false biographies each year to find out exactly who might be interested in stealing their data.

Regards
Rich

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

For keeping a card that "does not exist" in a printed tome.

is that if you suspect someone is "stealing" your data; having a false entry in your book or data base can be proved in a court of law. For years it was believe Who's Who in America always printed a few false biographies each year to find out exactly who might be interested in stealing their data.

Regards
Rich

That tripped up CPU many years ago, at least initially.

[David Bender]

Map publishers do the same thing - fake streets.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

For keeping a card that "does not exist" in a printed tome.

is that if you suspect someone is "stealing" your data; having a false entry in your book or data base can be proved in a court of law. For years it was believe Who's Who in America always printed a few false biographies each year to find out exactly who might be interested in stealing their data.

Regards
Rich

A wonderful theory except...checklists--which are by definition pure compilations of pre-existing data--cannot be copyrighted. The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply any exclusive right in the preexisting material. If you were to publish a wrong checklist and someone used it, you could prove he used it but not get anything else, because you don't own the checklist. Though I guess you would own the mistake...

[Rich Klein]

It wasn't the "Checklist" which brought down CPU -- it was using the exact same pricing structure as it came to Bill Virdon cards -- semi-star every year except for 1963 which was not listed as a semi-star which brought down CPU

My point was that to put in incorrect data can be a trap -- but Adam is right; checklists themselves are public documents but if anything is added that is when the plagarism can take place. If a card is added to a checklist and then someone else steals that card and you are able to prove that you did that as a trap I believe you would win in a court of law but that is a borderline lssue.

Rich